ESA Astronaut Aboard Space Station Controls Robot on Earth
ESA project astronaut Marcus Wandt successfully completed a series of tests for the Surface Avatar project that included controlling Bert, a four-legged robot developed...
UK Space Agency Launches Challenge to Purify Lunar Water
The UK Space Agency, in partnership with its Canadian counterpart, has launched the £1.2-million Aqualunar Challenge, which aims to support the development of technology...
CNES-Led Consortium Begins Development of Atomic Accelerometers
French space agency CNES announced 16 January that it had kicked off Phase A of its CARIOQA initiative, which aims to develop an atomic...
ClearSpace Debris Removal Mission Passes Key Milestones
A space debris removal mission being developed by Swiss startup ClearSpace has passed a pair of milestones as part of its environmental test campaign.
ClearSpace-1...
Italian Startup to Test Muscle Monitoring Suit Aboard AX-3 Spaceflight
REA Spazio will conduct its first in-orbit test of the company's Electrical Muscle Simulation (EMSi) spacesuit aboard the SpaceX Axiom Mission 3 (AX-3) flight,...
CNES to Test New Guiana Space Centre Satellite Transport System
After taking delivery of the CCU4 satellite transporter in November 2023, the French space agency CNES is moving ahead with testing the newest addition...
The Exploration Company Begins CNES Backed Rocket Engine Development
The Exploration Company has begun work on a reusable methane-powered staged combustion rocket engine that will be capable of producing approximately 200 tonnes of...
RFA Boosts Argo Capabilities to Answer ESA Commercial Cargo Call
German launch provider Rocket Factory Augsburg announced early last month that it had increased the payload capability of its Argo cargo spacecraft. The boost...
€40M to be Invested to Produce Greener Hydrogen for Ariane 6
The European Space Agency and the French space agency CNES have committed €40.5 million to construct facilities at the Guiana Space Centre to produce...
DLR Tests a Planetary Lander Demonstrator
The German space agency DLR announced that it has successfully completed the first hot gas tests of its planetary lander demonstrator.
DLR initiated the Green...